Around Elephant Butte Reservoir you donít get a lot of rainfall. The month of August is the wettest with most of the rain, and the driest month is April. During the summer, highs

frequently are in the 90's at Elephant Butte Reservoir. Throughout the moonlight hours it's typically in the 60's. Daytime highs during the wintertime are in the 50's; throughout the dark hours in the wintertime at Elephant Butte Reservoir temperatures plunge to the 20's.